Stove for heating smoothing-irons or the like.



No 757,742. PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

W. HEGEMANN. STOVE FQR HEATING SMOOTHING IRONS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1903.

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STOVE FOR HE ATING SMOOTHING-IRONS OFl THE LIKE.

sPEcIFIcA'rIoiv forming part or Letters Patent No. 757,752, dated April 19,1904.

Application filed September 1&,1903. Serial No. 173,183. (r modeli) lowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to a stove for heating smoothing-irons or the like which is specially suitable for large tailoring establishments, for ready-made-clotheS factories, and

laundries.

The stove comprises an arrangement of heating-chambers of which one is always ready for the reception of several irons, so that a number of such irons can be heated at the same time. The heating-chambers are arranged in such a manner that they are surrounded on all sides by an insulating material which retards radiation of heat, so that an intense and equal heating of the irons is obtained. For facilitating the handling of the irons an arrangement is adopted by which they can be conveyed from the chamber, the doors being connected in a suitable manner with the grates which carry the irons so as to be operated simultaneously. Consequently the irons are completely removed from the heating-chambers and can be taken from the grate without danger. On return of the grate the doors are automatically closed again.

In the annexed drawings, in which a gasheated stove is represented as an example, Figure 1 is a front view, the upper part showing the doors closed, the central portion showing the'doors removed from the hinges, and the lower portion showing the hinges or supports for the doors removed; Fig. 2, a cross section on line A A of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3,'a section on line C C of Figs. 1 and 2, showing a drawn-out and closedgrate.

The stove-casing a may consist of sheet-iron, rests upon a stand, and contains several heating-chambers Z), arranged side by'side. The

heating-chambers are inc'losed on three sides by the sheet-iron partitions 0 and are closed at the front by doors 0!. The space 6, formed between the two rows of heating-chambers, and the spaces 6', lying between the partitions c and the stove-casing a, are filled with a suitwhen the grate is insertedagain.

able insulating material, so that radiation of heat from the chambers is reduced. The front wall and also the doors are made of two sheets of metal with insulating material d between them, also for the purpose of reducing radiation of heat. In each heating-chamber are several grates f, arranged one above the other, which rest upon guides g, fastened to the side walls of the chamber and divide the latter transversely, said guides consisting of angle-iron so that the grates can be drawn out or pushed in on said guides. The rear crossbar of the grate is provided with abutments f, which engage other abutments a, arranged on the front wall of the casing a as soon, as the grate f is brought into its outer position in order to prevent the grate being entirely drawn out.

Each grate has at its front end an angular bracket f serving as an abutment to prevent the grate from being pushed too far into the chambers by said bracket engaging against the front wall of the casing a as soon as the grate is pushed home. The bracket f also serves for drawing out the grate f and for this purpose is provided with a pin f which projects beyond both sides thereof, serving as a handle. The inward and outward movements of the grate f facilitate the handling of the irons. The arrangement is so made that at the same time as the drawing out of the grate f the opening of the door 6?, which closes the corresponding chamber 6, takes place. For this purpose each grate f is flexibly connected with the double-winged door d by two arms it, each of which is connected at one end to a cross-piece of the grate f on a common pivot h and at the other end to one wing of the door (Z. The latter consequently opens on the withdrawal of the grate f and is closed The irons to be heated are placed on the grates f. The heating of each chamber 6 is effected by a suitable heating device 2', from which the heat passes through the divisions of the chambers. A pipe is at the upper end of each heatingchamber serves for the escape of the super fluouswarm air and gases.

I claim 1. A stove for heating smoothing-irons comprising in combination a metal casing, a plurallty of heating-chambers arranged s1de by side 1n said casing, means for insulating sald chambers, grates for receiving the irons slidably supported within the heating-chambers one above the other, doors for closing said heating-chambers, and means for supplying heat to the chambers below the lower grate therein, substantially as described.

2. A stove for heating smoothing-irons, comprising in combination a metal casing, a plurality of heating-chambers arranged side by side in said casing, means for insulating said chambers, grates for receiving the irons slidably supported within the heating-chambers one above the other, doors for closing the chambers, means operated by the grates to open the doors on withdrawal of the grates and close them on insertion thereof, and means for supplying heat to the chambers below the lower grates therein, substantially as described;

3. A stove for heating smoothing-irons comprising in combination a metal casing, a plurality of heating-chambers arranged side by side in said casing, an insulating substance between said chambers, grates for receiving the irons slidably supported within said chambers, double-wing doors for closing said chambers, means operated by the grates to open the doors on Withdrawal of the grates and close them on insertion thereof, and means for supplying heat to said chambers below the lower grates therein, substantially as described.

4:. A stove for heating smoothing-irons, comprising a heating-chamber surrounded with insulating material, a series of grates slidably supported within the chamber and extending WILHELM HEGEMANN.

Witnesses:

F. HASSLAOHER, ER IN DIPPELY. 

